PC(USA) communications survey results are in
(PNS) In May, a denominational communications survey was launched to determine what the Church most wants and needs from Communications. Nearly 11,000..
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UN day on violence victims stresses religious tolerance
(WCC) A group of United Nations experts together say that countries have an important role to play in promoting religious tolerance and cultural..
Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others
Barbara Brown Taylor HarperOne, 256 pages Reviewed by Paul Rowland Jr. In her essay on metaphor in the “Oxford Companion to the..
Trump: Any Jew voting Democratic is uninformed or disloyal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Showing a fresh willingness to play politics along religious lines, President Trump said American Jews who vote for Democrats..
Trump steadily fulfills goals on religious right wish list
NEW YORK (AP) — When Donald Trump assumed the presidency, conservative religious leaders drew up “wish lists” of steps they hoped he’d..
What boxed wine taught me about community
This week we asked our bloggers to consider their experience of alcohol and church. Here are their reflections. Boxed wine gets a..
Eileen Lindner on generosity and giving to the church
Eileen Lindner wants churches to talk about money. Specifically: about the immense transfer of wealth that’s coming as the Baby Boomer generation..
Races, faith traditions come together during moving ceremony remembering those enslaved
(OGA) People of many races and representing several faith traditions gathered Tuesday to commemorate Angela, the first African to arrive in the American..
Churches arm, train congregants in wake of mass shootings
HASLET, Texas (AP) — Acrid gun smoke clouded the sunny entrance of a Texas church on a recent Sunday. Seven men wearing..
Bumper sticker theology
The bumper sticker on the car in the Chick-Fil-A parking lot read: “Heaven has walls, hell has open borders.” Google tells me..
Church leaders and alcohol consumption
This week we asked our bloggers to consider their experience of alcohol and church. Here are their reflections. Beer is not my..
Mississippi Presbyterian church, PDA help neighbors affected by ICE raid
(PNS) The morning of Aug. 7, the Rev. Steven Bryant of First Presbyterian Church in Canton, Mississippi was leading a Bible study..
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) urges RE/MAX LLC to end business ties to Israeli settlements of East Jerusalem
(OGA) As Israeli settlement colonies continue to expand in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) continues to urge..
Little signs
This week we asked our bloggers to consider their experience of alcohol and church. Here are their reflections. With her typical wry..
What’s right about St. Andrew Presbyterian Church?
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church — Albuquerque, New Mexico Every Sunday after worship we serve a hot lunch to 25-45 people who are living..
ELCA women reflect on 50 years of ordination: “A celebration for the whole church”
MILWAUKEE (RNS) — As they entered the worship service on the last full day of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s Churchwide..
Regarding ruling elders: Congregational nominating committees
(OGA) The PC(USA) Book of Order calls for ruling elders to “exercise leadership, government, spiritual discernment, and discipline and have responsibilities for..
‘Christian left’ is reviving in America, appalled by treatment of migrants (Commentary)
(The Conversation) — Holding pictures of migrant children who have died in U.S. custody and forming a cross with their bodies on..
A rabbi pleads with AG William Barr: Don’t bring the death penalty to Pittsburgh
RNS) — A chain-link fence shrouded with a black tarp surrounds the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh these days. The Jewish..
Money talk in the PC(USA): Per capita, who makes decisions, and more
We know, most Presbyterians don’t sit around all summer thinking about the denomination and money. There are, however, at the top levels..
10th Sunday after Pentecost – August 18, 2019
Isaiah 5:1-7; Hebrews 11:29-12:2; Luke 12:14-56; Ordinary 20C Proper 15 Hebrews feels like an outlier this week. By faith - the litany..
When church transitions collide with social media
Guest commentary by Kim Douglass Marin When my grandfather accepted a new call 75 years ago, the goodbyes and welcomes were private...
Truck drives into line of Jewish demonstrators protesting ICE in Rhode Island
(RNS) — A truck attempted to barrel through a group of Jewish protesters who were demonstrating outside a detention center in Rhode..
A United Methodist group proposes a denominational breakup
(RNS) — A dozen United Methodists meeting secretly in Indianapolis earlier this summer have unveiled a blueprint for spinning off one or..
Climate change and the impact on the Louisiana bayou
(OGA) Descendants of the Biloxi, Choctaw, and Chitimacha tribes in Louisiana find themselves at a crossroads, thanks to the corporate quest for..
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